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Managing editors at Time Inc. bring to their jobs a ferocious commitment to editorial independence. At the same time, we expect them to work closely with their business colleagues to assure that our publications are financial as well as journalistic successes. Walter's close working relationship with TIME's president Bruce Hallett exemplified the teamwork that we encourage and produced stunning results. Between 1995 and 1999, TIME's advertising revenues increased 63%, and ad pages are up 35%, to more than 3,000 annually. This year TIME is headed for another record. And thanks to you, TIME remains the world...
Magazines are not democracies (just ask our writers), but if we had put the choice of Walter's successor as managing editor to a vote, I have no doubt staff members would have elected Jim Kelly unanimously. Jim has been Walter's partner in success, filling a role that not only demands his proven talents as an editor but also calls on him to be the magazine's top administrator. Either task is difficult; Jim has handled both flawlessly...
...brief flirtation with politics steered him to journalism. At TIME he's been a writer in the Nation section, our press critic and editor of the World section. As deputy managing editor, he has spearheaded a number of special projects, including this year's provocative Visions special editions. As Walter says, "Jim has a wonderful feel for making great magazines and relishing smart reporting." His superb abilities as an editor and his unerring instincts in keeping your interests foremost make him the perfect choice to lead TIME...
...friends die, unintended we assign them a rank in our memory. Bob Trout will be in the top row in the memory of anyone who knew him. We were not close friends, but I knew him first in London in 1943 and last at lunch three weeks ago. Walter Cronkite, Bob Trout and I were to have appeared together last Friday at the University of Texas in Austin. Bob called to say he felt unwell. "Unwell" is all he would have said...
Boies' Yale classmate Walter Dellinger, a former U.S. Solicitor General, wrangled him into leading the Democratic team of lawyers in Tallahassee. "I called David at 4 p.m. the Monday after the election. By noon Tuesday, he was speaking on complex matters of Florida election...